| watch | (noun) a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe | Synonyms: vigil |
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| (noun) the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) | Synonyms: vigil |
| (noun) a small portable timepiece | Synonyms: ticker |
| (noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter |
| (noun) a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty | - |
| (noun) the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty | - |
| watchband | (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchstrap, wristband |
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| watchdog | (noun) a dog trained to guard property | Synonyms: guard dog |
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| (noun) a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste | - |
| watcher | (noun) a guard who keeps watch | Synonyms: security guard, watchman |
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| (noun) a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) | Synonyms: looker, spectator, viewer, witness |
| (noun) a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body | - |
| watchfulness | (noun) vigilant attentiveness | Synonyms: vigilance, weather eye |
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| (noun) the process of paying close and continuous attention | Synonyms: alertness, vigilance, wakefulness |
| watching | (noun) the act of observing; taking a patient look | Synonyms: observance, observation |
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| watchmaker | (noun) someone who makes or repairs watches | Synonyms: horologer, horologist |
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| watchman | (noun) a guard who keeps watch | Synonyms: security guard, watcher |
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| watchstrap | (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchband, wristband |
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| watchtower | (noun) an observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemies | - |
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| watchword | (noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: countersign, parole, password, word |
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| (noun) a slogan used to rally support for a cause | Synonyms: battle cry, cry, rallying cry, war cry |